NORTON SHORES – A Norton Shores woman was robbed and assaulted Thursday afternoon at her apartment by an acquaintance, police said.

The suspect remains at large, likely with a pair of handcuffs hanging from one of his wrists.

The robbery occurred around 2:30 p.m. in the 3700 block of Henry Street at the victim’s apartment.

Police said she was sitting in her apartment when a man she knows kicked open the door and robbed her of her television. He then demanded money.

When the woman didn’t give him cash, he punched her in the head several times, said Norton Shores Police Lt. Jon Gale.

Authorities said the man had been driving a green suburban at the time and fled to the Muskegon Heights area. A Muskegon Heights Police officer caught up with the man, who then resisted arrest.

The officer had one handcuff on one of the man’s wrists when the man then fled the area on foot, authorities reported. Several people spotted the man running through Muskegon Heights with the handcuffs dangling from his wrist.

The suspect also took the pepper spray from the officer trying to apprehend him and sprayed the officer with it, authorities said.